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Fast smile mock-ups in Photoshop — Edward McLaren and Johan Figueira’s PSD method with library teeth
In The Photoshop Smile Design Technique (PSD), Edward McLaren, former director of the UCLA Center for Esthetic Dentistry, and his colleague Johan Figueira show how to produce a quick smile design using ordinary Photoshop tools. Sixteen chapters over about four hours cover layers, masks, Liquify and Warp, digital bleaching, calibration and measurement, and two complete design walkthroughs, with project files for starting your own tooth library.
- 16chapters
- ~4 hof video
- 2instructors
What you’ll be able to do
- Set up Photoshop and process Camera RAW images for design work
- Use selections, masks, Liquify, Free Transform and Warp to reshape teeth
- Simulate whitening with digital bleaching using the Dodge tool
- Correct rotation, align images and measure and set aspect ratios
- Build designs from library teeth or by redesigning the patient’s own teeth
Inside the course
Tools first
Short opening chapters explain which images you need, how to arrange the workspace and how layers work, before longer lessons on masking, Liquify and warping and a chapter on importing library teeth.
Getting proportions right
The middle section tackles tilted photos, image alignment, measuring inside Photoshop, width-to-length ratios and tracing individual teeth — the steps that make a design clinically believable.
Two full techniques and the presentation
About 84 minutes follow the complete method twice — once with imported teeth and once by reshaping the existing dentition — and a final chapter covers presenting the result to the patient. Figueira trained at the UCLA esthetic programme under McLaren and now teaches there.
Built for
- Esthetic dentists without dedicated design softwareVisual previews with a program many practices already own.
- Dental technicians and ceramistsA quick way to agree tooth form with the clinician before waxing.
Curriculum
16 chapters (about 4 h) 16 chapters
- Introduction (1 min 32 sec)
- Smile Design Images (8 min 17 sec)
- Photoshop Interface Set-Up (2 min 36 sec)
- Using Camera RAW & Working with Layers (2 min 38 sec)
- Using Selections, Masks & Liquify Tool (14 min)
- Digital Bleaching with Dodge Tool (7 min 30 sec)
- Using Free Transform & Warp Tool (9 min)
- Using Library Teeth in Photoshop Smile Design (25 min)
- Fixing Image Rotation Problems (9 min 40 sec)
- Aligning Images (12 min)
- Measuring in Photoshop (12 min)
- Creating Aspect Ratios (20 min 19 sec)
- Creating Tracings & Selections of Individual Teeth (23 min 41 sec)
- Full PSD Technique: Using Imported Teeth (40 min 31 sec)
- Full PSD Technique: Re-Designing Patient’s Teeth (43 min 30 sec)
- Presenting to the Patient (9 min 32 sec)
Before you buy
Which software do I need to follow along?
Adobe Photoshop; the course teaches its tools from set-up onwards, so no prior Photoshop skill is assumed.
Is there a final assignment?
The original programme ended with an assessed assignment; in this version you simply work through the 16 recorded chapters and the included project files.
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Online video course + project files |
|---|---|
| Instructors | Edward McLaren, Johan Figueira |
| Contents | 16 chapters |
| Duration | About 4 hours |
| Access | Lifetime, self-paced |
| Department | Dentistry |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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